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GENUS GYMNOSPORANGIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae
Synonyms:
genus Gymnosporangium; Gymnosporangium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Gymnosporangium" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gymnosporangium"):
apple rust; cedar-apple rust; Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc)
Holonyms ("genus Gymnosporangium" is a member of...):
family Pucciniaceae; Pucciniaceae (large important family of rust fungi)
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